Airport type Public Serves Erfurt and Weimar Focus city for Germania Code ERF Phone +49 361 6562200 | Operator Flughafen Erfurt GmbH Location Erfurt, Germany Elevation AMSL 1,036 ft / 316 m Elevation 310 m | |
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Address Binderslebener Landstraße 100, 99092 Erfurt, Germany Similar Airport Hotel Erfurt, Erfurt Hbf, VMT GmbH, Kaisersaal Erfurt, Dr Angelika Bachmann Profiles | ||
Erfurt–Weimar Airport (German: Flughafen Erfurt–Weimar, formerly Erfurt Airport, IATA: ERF, ICAO: EDDE) serves Erfurt, the capital of the German state of Thuringia, and the nearby city of Weimar, both of which form the largest part of the state's central metropolitan area. The airport is 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Erfurt city center and is mainly used for seasonal charter flights to European leisure destinations.
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History
The airport's name was changed from Erfurt Airport in 2011, it was felt that from a marketing point of view the addition of Weimar to the name would better sell the area due to its historic importance.
Despite its importance as a state capital and its central location within Germany, the airport features no domestic flights. The only route to Munich Airport offered by Cirrus Airlines ceased by March 2012. However, the city will become one of Germany's most important long distance railway hubs by 2017, when the newly constructed Munich-Berlin high-speed line will meet the Frankfurt-Dresden line at Erfurt main station. As a result, it will be possible to reach Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich within two hours by rail from Erfurt, making domestic flights redundant.
Facilities
The airport consists of the two passenger terminal buildings A and B, but only the new Terminal B is currently in use. It features two aircraft parking positions and four boarding gates on two levels, the upper ones are equipped with jet bridges. There are also some shops and restaurants, a visitors terrace as well as travel and rental car agencies inside the terminal. The apron also features several additional bus-boarding stands for mid-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737.
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erfurt-Weimar Airport:
Car
The airport can be reached via nearby A71 motorway (Erfurt-Bindersleben exit) which leads from Erfurt to Schweinfurt in Bavaria.
Tram
Erfurt Tram line No. 4 to the suburb of Bindersleben stops in front of the airport. The trams depart every 10–20 minutes and connect the airport with Erfurt's main train station via the city centre in about 20 minutes.